Boston Users Group Meeting

Nancy Perlmutter (ngp@shapirolab.com)
Wed, 13 Aug 1997 15:49:41 -0400 (EDT)

Boston Users Group for Cytometry Announcement

"Apoptosis: Current Concepts in Cytometry"

Full Day Meeting
September 16, 1997
World Trade Center, Boston MA

The next Boston Users Group for Cytometry meeting will be an all day event
to be held on September 16, 1997 at the World Trade Center, on the Boston
Fish Pier. We are fortunateto have speakers scheduled for this meeting who
have been instrumental in the development of techniques commonly used in the
identification, and analysis of apoptotic populations. In addition vendors
will be on hand to display their products.

Registration will start at 8:15 a.m. and session will run from 9:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.
Lunch is included as part of the meeting registration fee. Seating will be
limited to100 places, so please reserve your spot as soon as possible to
take part in this informative meeting.

Speakers

Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, Ph.D., M.D.
The Cancer Research Institute, New York Medical College
"Apoptosis Induced by Antitumor Drugs: Methods of Detection and Relevance in
Clinical Oncology"

Wade E. Bolton, Ph.D.
Director of Scientific Research, Coulter Corporation
"ACCURATE ASSESMENT OF APOPTOSIS: The Puzzle and The Promise"

John R. Ogden, Ph.D.
Product Manager, Boehringer Mannheim Biochemicals
"Techniques For Studying Apoptosis"

Joan Keutzer, Ph.D.
Principle Technical Specialist, Genzyme Corporation
"Methods to Enhance Apoptosis Detection"

The World Trade Center can be reached by taking public transportation to
South Station, where a free shuttle bus is available every 10 minutes to
bring you to the facility. Parking is available if needed directly across
from the Center, and a maximum charge for all day parking is $10.00 (see the
World Trade Center Web page at "http://wtcb.com" for more information). We
will be including speaker abstracts and registration forms on the Meeting
section of the BUG Web page at "http://www.shore.net/~bugbytes".

Registration forms must be received by SEPTEMBER 12, 1997 and no phone or
walk-in registration will be accepted. Be sure to include your fax number as
this is how you will receive confirmation of your seat. Please make a point
of joining us for this exciting and informative meeting. If you need more
information, please call the Boston User Group at (617) 253-6454 and leave a
message.

Glenn Paradis gap@mit.edu

Please print out registration form and return by SEPTEMBER 12, 1997
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YES,
I would like to attend the September 16, 1997 Apoptosis meeting of the
Boston Users Group for Cytometry
at the World Trade Center.

____@ $35.00/person (BUG member)

____@ $50.00/person (non-member)

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Please return this registration with an enclosed check by SEPTEMBER 12, 1997
and mail to:

Boston Users Group for Cytometry
P.O. Box 447
Mendon, MA 01756-0447